During the election campaign, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged to focus his second term on lifting non-nuclear sanctions. Whether he will be successful is something yet to be seen, considering it was the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei who green-lighted the nuclear talks back in 2012, before Rouhani’s term, and his blessing was needed in the entire process.
Having non-nuclear sanctions lifted is conditioned on Khamenei willing to endure major setbacks, as he did in the nuclear deal. However, the international community will be raising major demands from Iran to bring an end to its support for terrorism and exporting warmongering, put a lid on its ballistic missile program and begin respecting human rights by ending executions and torture. London, 13 Jun – The US House of Representatives has passed a bill condemning the 1988 Iranian massacre of 30,000 political prisoners.
Resolution 188, officially titled: The condemnation of the Iranian government for the massacre of political prisoners in 1988 and the invitation to call for justice for the victims, is a rare example of a bill that receives bipartisan support in an increasingly partisan Congress.
While these conditions are obvious, the signs seen from Iran and the region are signaling noteworthy developments and changes.
“We will test our missiles whenever needed, waiting for no one’s permission,” Rouhani said in response to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Riyadh, saying Iran must end its ballistic missile tests. Rouhani’s remarks are a clear violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231.
“In the region, Iran has been able to stand in the face of terrorism… sending its diplomats and military advisors to Iraq, Syria and other nations…,” Rouhani said in response to both US President Donald Trump and his top diplomat as they both demanded Tehran bring an end to its terrorism in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, and end its financial support for the Lebanese Hezbollah and other proxy groups checkered in the region.
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